In the revised edition

Part 1 That Summer
depart
Sangpe
To my thoughtful friend
taxi
Tongtong
you are
So that I can be honest
okay
Anniversary
Duality
snowman

Part 2 In the small town where I live
conversation
loneliness
depart
Kamome Restaurant
Freedom not to do
Bongeunsa Temple
sense of responsibility
friend
consolation
unfounded belief
One day in 2018

Part 3: The Longest Night We Spent
Rule
What goes around comes around
reason
counsel
Carol - On Sorry
love
Each one's own love
fate
I had a dream someday
My luck
Memories of a Christmas
emotion
still
The longest night we've ever spent

Part 4 Consideration
Overcome
life
Minimal life
The main stressors I experience when going out with my mom
Love and understanding
conversation
About resentment
Marie Kondo, the queen of tidying up
faith
Love and Understanding 2
hmm
La La Land
Holidays
and

Part 5: A good place to soak in
caution
marriage
solidarity
change
Perfect friend
social life
expression
community
judgment
Useless
Other people's lives

Part 6: What is the Mind?
happiness
Knowingly or unknowingly
A relative I don't like very much
A question of understanding
sigh
consolation
travel
Abandonment
spring
thought
face
It's not because I don't know

Leaving the last words
Author's Note

I want to know that
lie
Consideration starts with my people
existence
human fickleness
please
evidence

This newly born book
I hope to approach readers again with a work that is free of unnecessary words… …

For author Lee Seok-won, who has tirelessly shared his daily life with readers since the publication of “Ordinary Existence,” there was a project he had always wanted to attempt, a kind of wish.
I wanted a book that was concise and simple, with short essays that flowed together like photos in a photo album.
However, contrary to expectations, the completed books often ended up being long, exceeding 350 pages and approaching 400 pages.
Then, in 2020, after publishing another long story titled “Two People,” the author decided that this was the time to make that wish come true.
I thought that I should publish the 'little book' that I've always wanted right now.


A refreshing final edition that contains two years of revisions and additions.
Lee Seok-won's collection of short stories, "The Longest Night We Spent"

His book, "The Longest Night We Spent," first published in 2018, was originally a single, long story called "Words That Are Always Good to Hear," which was loved by readers, and he started out with a desire to tell smaller, more individual stories.
Initially, he hoped to simply put the various thoughts he encountered in life into a simple vessel, but contrary to his wishes, the completed book, like his other works, ended up being a long book of nearly 400 pages.
At the time, it was his best, but as time went on, he couldn't help but wish that the book would become a little more concise and dense, in line with its original intention.

Thus, the author, who has embarked on a comprehensive revision of the book, has undertaken the unprecedented task of reducing its volume, unlike other books that usually add to the volume in a revised edition, and as a result, he is finally able to present this small book, which contains significantly revised and edited texts alongside new texts.

The author's affection for this small book, which was completed after a long journey and twists and turns over the course of two years, is great.
I just hope that readers will share this little book in a big way.

*Prop collection

Just as a photographer's photographs accumulate, he decided to publish a book like this every time he accumulates his daily writings, and he named it 'A Collection of Small Items'.
This is a kind of series under the brand name of Lee Seok-won, and Lee Seok-won's collection of small items will continue in the future, so this book will be the first work in that series.

Author's Note - On the Revised Edition

When I first wrote this book in 2018, I wanted to tell a slightly different story.

It's different from the simple yet heavy 『Ordinary Existence』
It is different from 『Words that are good to hear anytime』, which can be read in one long breath.
Let's just say it's a collection of individual writings.
Small and light stages that are not too heavy
Captured in words as if taking a picture
like
I wanted to publish a book that felt like a photo book written in words.


However, the completed book was close to four hundred pages long.
It's even included in the appendix
It contained too much content to be called a prop collection.

I feel like I should give something more to the readers
That's how it happened

At that time, it was my best

As time goes by, I think this book is a little more concise and true to its original intention.
I couldn't give up the desire for a book with density.


Then finally this opportunity came
Usually, when it comes to revised editions, the size increases with new articles.
I worked on removing the text that was there in reverse.

What matters is not the thickness of the book.
How to leave only the essential texts
Can you put them where they need to be?
Because that was what it was doing.

So I'm removing the existing texts again and again.
The surviving texts have also been edited and adapted to make them more concise.

I hope that this book, which was born anew through such a process,
I just hope to return to readers with a work that is free of unnecessary words.